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Don’t forget your sacrificial giving. We now have specially marked envelopes that you can get from the ushers. As the holidays are approaching, it's real easy to get caught up with buying stuff, but we cannot forget the financial goals that we have in place. Plus you will be blessed from your sacrificial giving. On Sunday (11/13), the love offering will go towards our Thanksgiving Food Drive. Are you living out God’s purpose in your life? Part of that means being actively involved in the ministry and life of the church. I challenge all members to step out in faith and get involved.

Almost two weeks ago, Rosa Parks passed at age 92. Her simple act of defiance changed the course of race relations. Parks, arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested and fined. She turned to her minister, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., for aid. King in turn led a 381-day boycott of the city's bus system that helped initiate the modern civil rights movement. We need more people like Rosa Parks in God’s Kingdom that will refuse to go against their conviction and stand for what is right. Similarly, the three Hebrew boys, under captivity in Babylon, refused to bow down and worship an idol. They knew that this defiant act would land them in the fire, but their faith in God was uncompromising. They believed that the God they served was able to deliver them. But even if He did not, they would not compromise! Standing for right my land you in the fire. But you should never bow down! You should...

Our next Bible Study series, “Worshipping the Master,” will begin on Wed., Nov. 2nd at 7:00pm. Please make plans to attend because worship should be a vital part of all of our lives. This series should help all of us to understand what worship is and how to make it an integral part of our lives. The Thanksgiving Food Drive has begun and our goal for this year is to distribute a minimum of fifty baskets to families in need of assistance. Please use the form in the bulletin or on the website to submit the names of these families by Sun., Nov. 6th. Monetary donations and other staple food items should be submitted by Thurs., Nov. 17th. Click here for a list of the items needed. Boxes have been placed in the church and at the annex for collection of your donations. This year, we're collaborating with another organization to get names of many of the families that have been relocated here, families that have lost everything. We need your help. Please let us not wait...

Mt. Zion Family and Friends, Can you feel it? There's excitement in the air. I am excited about the awesome work that God is doing in our lives. As we seek to put into practice our spiritual gifts by "living out God's purpose" in our lives, we see the mighty hand of God at work. In 1998, the late Pastor J Allen Lewis, under God's direction, had the church purchase 24 acres of land in Cary. Now seven (a complete number) years later, the church has closed on a contract to sell a portion of the land and completely pay off the remaining acreage for our new facilities. God is truly worthy to be praised! It has been a long road to get to this point, but through faith and trust in God we have arrived here. Our next step is to get our site plan approved with the town and begin construction. As we move forward, we know that challenges will come, but we must continue to be committed and faithful to the One who is always faithful to us. Don't forget that your ...

I was both excited and a bit nervous when the time came to go see The Passion of the Christ. I was excited because there was a Hollywood film coming out to show the great suffering our Lord went through for the sins of humanity. I was also nervous knowing how emotional it would be to see this great suffering. This movie is very realistic in displaying the violence inflicted on Jesus. The movie is rated R and parents are advised to be cautious before taking their children to see this movie. I do not think this film is suitable for children under 12 years of age. The movie begins with Isaiah 53:5, "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." Never has the verse became more meaningful to me than after seeing this movie. As I watched every wound that was inflicted upon Jesus, I thought about it healing the many sins of mankind. His long,...